Review of the Year December 2015: Outrage over Donald Trump Muslim comments
A petition calling for Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump to be banned from entering the UK gathered more than 400,000 signatures.
The petition on Parliament's...
Review of the Year Nov 2015: MPs vote to bomb Syria and ISIS attacks...
Muslim news in November 2015 was dominated by Parliament's decision to bomb ISIS in Syria and the Paris atrocities.
In November British MPs voted by...
Review of the Year Oct 2015: Shaker Aamer released from Guantanamo
In October 2015 Muslim groups welcomed Shaker Aamer's release from Guantanamo Bay after 13 years without charge or trial, but said that many questions...
Review of the Year Sep 2015: NUS calls for boycott of PREVENT
September 2015 was an extremely busy news month at home and abroad. Domestically, the PREVENT counter terrorism agenda continued to target Muslim students and...
Review of the Year August 2015: Anjem Choudary charged with supporting ISIS
August 2015 saw Anjem Choudary charged with supporting ISIS and the government reject a petition which was signed by more than 100,000 people to...
Review of the Year July 2015: Babar Ahmad returns home
There was good news and bad news for British Muslims in July 2015. Long-time detainee Babar Ahmad returned home after finally being released but...
Review of the Year June 2015: PREVENT targets Muslims in schools
June 2015, which coincided with the beginning of Ramadan, saw the first high-profile cases of how the government's PREVENT policy was adversely impacting Muslims...
Review of the Year May 2015: British Muslims downcast over Cameron election win
British Muslim news in May 2015 was dominated by the repercussions of David Cameron's general election win, with most expressing pessimism over it.
The Muslim...
Review of the Year April 2015: Maajid Nawaz gets caught with a stripper
British Muslim news in April 2015 was dominated by Maajid Nawaz's public humiliation after a tape of him emerged with a stripper during Ramadan....
Review of the Year March 2015: Theresa May voted “Islamophobe of the Year”
News in March 2015 was dominated by the ongoing targeting of British Muslims under the guise of the government’s PREVENT policy, and abroad by...
